and it s particularly focused, magnified for poor.for the poor. the bbc has discovered evidence that a major conservative party donor was a director of a company secretly owned by a russian oligarch close to vladimir putin. a man who raped and murdered christine robinson seen here with her husband in south africa eight years ago will be sentenced after being tracked down by the victim s niece. and the queen is 96 today. this photo of her has been released to mark the occasion. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the government will try today to delay a vote which was due to happen this afternoon on whether borisjohnson should be investigated over claims he misled parliament. ministers now say the decision should wait until inquiries into lockdown parties by the met and the civil servant sue gray have finished. our political correspondent ione wells has more. i have been repeatedly assured, since these allegations have emerged, that there was no party. ..and that no
calls to apologise to the archbishop of canterbury in the wake of a row over the government s immigration policy. the actorjohnny depp tells a court his ex wife became violent when their relationship soured and her behaviour inspired him to turn to drink and drugs. and prince harry talks about his visit to his grandmother last week but says he doesn t know if he ll return for her platinumjubilee injune. i don t know, there s lots of things, security issues, so i m trying to make it possible that i can get my kids to meet her. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we will get the view from ukraine and one of their former tennis stars after wimbledon s decisison to ban russian and belarussian players this summer. good evening and welcome to the news at six. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has said he s ready to swap russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe passage of civilians and troops from the beseigned city of mariupol. as t
and a tough televised debate between the two candidates for the presidency. in a virginia courtroom, the actorjohnny depp says he felt driven to drugs and alcohol because of clashes with his then partner amber heard. and prince harry tells american television he wants to make sure the queen is protected and surrounded by the right people. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. can manchester city get the win they need to go back to the top of the premier league? good evening. in his latest initiative to save the lives of thousands of people trapped in the ukrainian city of mariupol, president zelensky has offered to exchange russian prisoners of war for a guarantee of safe passage for his fellow citizens. the port city of mariupol is still under heavy bombardment, as the russians intensify their attacks on the wider region of the donbas. it s believed 100,000 people remain trapped there. controlling the donbas would allow the russians to extend the areas they annexed